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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] builtin-help: change the current directory back in list_commands_in_dir()
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:02:41 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7vwsj7yu1q.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4f2b03391e3f85cf2224f97a2a7765d08707bd73.1217037178.git.vmiklos@frugalware.org> (Miklos Vajna's message of "Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:54:46 +0200")

Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> writes:

> That function used to do a chdir() without switching back to the
> original directory. That was not a problem till this function was used
> only inside builtin-help, but once other builtins use it as well, this
> is a problem, for example when the object database path is relative.

Why does it even need to chdir() around to begin with?  Doesn't opendir()
work just fine with relative path as an input?

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-07-27 20:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-07-21 16:10 [PATCH] builtin-merge: give a proper error message for invalid strategies in config Miklos Vajna
2008-07-22  5:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-22  5:22   ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-22  7:39   ` Miklos Vajna
2008-07-22  8:24     ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-22 17:05       ` [PATCH] t7601: extend the 'merge picks up the best result' test Miklos Vajna
2008-07-26 11:54       ` Miklos Vajna
2008-07-26 11:54         ` [PATCH 2/7] builtin-help: change the current directory back in list_commands_in_dir() Miklos Vajna
2008-07-26 11:54           ` [PATCH 3/7] builtin-help: make list_commands() a bit more generic Miklos Vajna
2008-07-26 11:54             ` [PATCH 4/7] builtin-merge: allow using a custom strategy Miklos Vajna
2008-07-26 11:54               ` [PATCH 5/7] Add a new test for using a custom merge strategy Miklos Vajna
2008-07-26 11:54                 ` [PATCH 6/7] builtin-help: make it possible to exclude some commands in list_commands() Miklos Vajna
2008-07-26 11:54                   ` [PATCH 7/7] builtin-merge: avoid non-strategy git-merge commands in error message Miklos Vajna
2008-07-26 15:08                     ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-07-26 15:25                       ` Miklos Vajna
2008-07-26 15:27                         ` Miklos Vajna
2008-07-26 15:38                         ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-07-26 16:00                           ` Miklos Vajna
2008-07-26 17:01                             ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-07-26 17:12                               ` [PATCH] " Miklos Vajna
2008-07-26 18:28             ` [PATCH 3/7] builtin-help: make list_commands() a bit more generic Jonathan Nieder
2008-07-26 21:40               ` Miklos Vajna
2008-07-26 14:58           ` [PATCH 2/7] builtin-help: change the current directory back in list_commands_in_dir() Johannes Schindelin
2008-07-27 20:02           ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2008-07-27 20:21             ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-07-27 20:34               ` [PATCH] Avoid chdir() " Johannes Schindelin
2008-07-26 12:33         ` [PATCH] t7601: extend the 'merge picks up the best result' test Miklos Vajna
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-07-26 11:54 [PATCH 0/7] Allow custom merge strategies Miklos Vajna
2008-07-26 11:54 ` [PATCH 1/7] Make is_git_command() usable outside builtin-help Miklos Vajna
2008-07-26 18:12   ` Jonathan Nieder
2008-07-28  1:18     ` Miklos Vajna
2008-07-28  1:21 ` [PATCH 0/6] Allow custom merge strategies, take 2 Miklos Vajna
2008-07-28  1:21   ` [PATCH 1/6] builtin-help: make is_git_command() usable outside builtin-help Miklos Vajna
2008-07-28  1:21     ` [PATCH 2/6] builtin-help: make list_commands() a bit more generic Miklos Vajna
2008-07-28  1:21       ` [PATCH 3/6] builtin-help: make it possible to exclude some commands in list_commands() Miklos Vajna
2008-07-28  1:21         ` [PATCH 4/6] builtin-merge: allow using a custom strategy Miklos Vajna
2008-07-28  1:21           ` [PATCH 5/6] builtin-merge: avoid non-strategy git-merge commands in error message Miklos Vajna
2008-07-28  1:21             ` [PATCH 6/6] Add a new test for using a custom merge strategy Miklos Vajna
2008-07-28 13:12               ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-07-28 23:39                 ` Miklos Vajna
2008-07-28 23:54                   ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-07-28 23:58                     ` Miklos Vajna
2008-07-29  0:01                       ` Miklos Vajna
2008-07-28 13:06             ` [PATCH 5/6] builtin-merge: avoid non-strategy git-merge commands in error message Johannes Schindelin
2008-07-28 23:48               ` [PATCH] builtin-merge: allow using a custom strategy Miklos Vajna
2008-07-28 23:59                 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-07-28  1:36         ` [PATCH 3/6] builtin-help: make it possible to exclude some commands in list_commands() Junio C Hamano
2008-07-28  2:43           ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-07-28  3:05             ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-28  4:29               ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-28  9:58               ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-07-28 23:24           ` Miklos Vajna
2008-07-29 15:24   ` [PATCH 0/5] Allow custom merge strategies, take 3 Miklos Vajna
2008-07-29 15:24     ` [PATCH 1/5] builtin-help: make is_git_command() usable outside builtin-help Miklos Vajna
2008-07-29 15:25       ` [PATCH 2/5] builtin-help: make list_commands() a bit more generic Miklos Vajna
2008-07-29 15:25         ` [PATCH 3/5] builtin-help: make it possible to exclude some commands in list_commands() Miklos Vajna
2008-07-29 15:25           ` [PATCH 4/5] builtin-merge: allow using a custom strategy Miklos Vajna
2008-07-29 15:25             ` [PATCH 5/5] Add a new test for using a custom merge strategy Miklos Vajna
2008-07-29 19:47             ` [PATCH 4/5] builtin-merge: allow using a custom strategy Junio C Hamano
2008-07-29 23:16               ` [PATCH 0/4] Allow custom merge strategies, take 4 Miklos Vajna
2008-07-29 23:16                 ` [PATCH 1/4] builtin-help: make some internal functions available to other builtins Miklos Vajna
2008-07-29 23:16                   ` [PATCH 2/4] builtin-merge: allow using a custom strategy Miklos Vajna
2008-07-29 23:17                     ` [PATCH 3/4] Add a new test for using a custom merge strategy Miklos Vajna
2008-07-29 23:17                       ` [PATCH 4/4] Add a second testcase for handling invalid strategies in git-merge Miklos Vajna
2008-07-29 23:42                         ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-30 17:27                           ` Miklos Vajna
2008-07-29 23:43                       ` [PATCH 3/4] Add a new test for using a custom merge strategy Junio C Hamano
2008-07-30 17:25                         ` Miklos Vajna
2008-07-30  6:21                   ` [PATCH 1/4] builtin-help: make some internal functions available to other builtins Junio C Hamano
2008-07-29 19:46           ` [PATCH 3/5] builtin-help: make it possible to exclude some commands in list_commands() Junio C Hamano
2008-07-29 21:25             ` Miklos Vajna

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